The Greatest Books of All Time on Secrets

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
4653 Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me Javier Marias 1994 Spanish Spanish
4655 The Egyptian Cross Mystery Ellery Queen 1932 American English
4714 Jumping Jenny Anthony Berkeley 1933 British English
4749 The Wycherly Woman Ross Macdonald 1961 American English
4753 Angels And Demons Dan Brown 2000 American English
4824 The Hollow Needle Maurice Leblanc 1909 French French
4869 Music and Silence Rose Tremain 1999 British English
4886 The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry 2008 Irish English
4996 The Pet Charles L. Grant 1986 American English
5088 Past Caring Robert Goddard 1986 British English
5146 Before We Were Free Julia Alvarez 2002 American English
5147 Clouds Of Witness Dorothy L. Sayers 1926 British English
5240 My Father And Myself J. R. Ackerley 1968 British English
5289 Revenge Yōko Ogawa 1998 Japanese Japanese
5315 Faithless Joyce Carol Oates 2001 American English
5317 The Leavenworth Case Anna Katharine Green 1878 American English
5317 The Goodbye Look Ross Macdonald 1969 American English
5321 The Remorseful Day Colin Dexter 1999 British English
5334 Bones And Silence Reginald Hill 1990 British English
5408 The Prince of Tides Pat Conroy 1986 American English
5431 The House At Old Vine Norah Lofts 1961 British English
5438 The Pendragon Legend Antal Szerb 1934 Hungarian Hungarian
5480 The House At Sunset Norah Lofts 1962 British English
5483 Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty 2014 Australian English
5496 The Underground Man Ross Macdonald 1971 American English
5511 The Shadow Over Innsmouth H. P. Lovecraft 1936 American English
5515 Dolores Claiborne Stephen King 1992 American English
5528 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 2023 American English
5567 Everything I Never Told You Celeste Ng 2014 American English
5600 Jar City Arnaldur Indriðason 2000 Icelandic Icelandic
5615 The Westing Game Ellen Raskin 1978 American English
5621 Biography Of X Catherine Lacey 2023 American English
5623 The Richard Trilogy Paul Horgan 1970 American Unknown
5649 Nothing To See Here Kevin Wilson 2019 American English
5656 Abigél Szabó, Magda 1970 Hungarian Hungarian
5659 Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke 2017 American English
5677 The Covenant Of Water Abraham Verghese 2023 American English
5665 La Haute Morte Paul Vialar 1947 French French
5678 The Tendrils of the Vine Colette 1908 French Unknown
5741 Can You Keep A Secret? Sophie Kinsella 2003 British English
5742 The Lost Language of Cranes David Leavitt 1986 American English
5746 Open Secrets Alice Munro 1994 Canadian English
5760 Sparkling Cyanide Agatha Christie 1945 British English
5860 Elders And Betters Ivy Compton-Burnett 1944 British English
5896 The Ghost Sonata August Strindberg 1907 Swedish Swedish
5935 The Old Fox Deceiv'd Martha Grimes 1982 American English
5947 Cigarettes Harry Mathews 1987 American English
5962 A Princess In Theory Alyssa Cole 2018 American English
5977 Chiefs Stuart Woods 1981 American English
6000 Kate Vaiden Reynolds Price 1986 American English
6082 My Sister, The Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite 2018 Nigerian English
6093 True Betrayals Nora Roberts 1995 American English
6096 The Heart's Invisible Furies John Boyne 2017 Irish English
6231 Sadie When She Died Ed McBain 1972 American English
6237 The Decagon House Murders Yukito Ayatsuji 1987 Japanese Japanese
6239 The Chaneysville Incident David Bradley 1981 American English
6242 A Discovery Of Witches Deborah Harkness 2011 American English
6252 Six Four Hideo Yokoyama 2012 Japanese Japanese
6255 A Novel About My Wife Emily Perkins 2008 New Zealand English
6305 The Lost Symbol Dan Brown 2009 American English
6415 The Bonesetter's Daughter Amy Tan 2001 American English
6448 The Half Brother Lars Saabye Christensen 2001 Norwegian Norwegian
6475 Case Histories Kate Atkinson 2004 British English
6479 I'm Not Scared Niccolò Ammaniti 2001 Italian Italian
6485 The Keepers of the House Shirley Ann Grau 1964 American English
6537 Deliver Me From Eva Paul Bailey 2007 British Unknown
6567 Toxic Shock Sara Paretsky 1988 American English
6581 Hardball Sara Paretsky 2009 American English
6595 Flood Robert Penn Warren 1964 American Unknown
6683 Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda Becky Albertalli 2015 American English
6716 The Crime At Black Dudley Margery Allingham 1929 British English
6716 A Man Lay Dead Ngaio Marsh 1934 New Zealander English
6812 Scorched Wajdi Mouawad 2003 French French
6817 Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 American English
6846 King Solomon's Carpet Barbara Vine 1991 British English
6893 Régimódi Történet Szabó, Magda 1977 Hungarian Hungarian
6907 Spies Michael Frayn 2002 British English
6962 The Stress of Her Regard Tim Powers 1989 American English
6974 The Ice House Minette Walters 1992 British English
7067 O Testamento Do Sr. Napumoceno Da Silva Araújo Germano Almeida 1989 Cape Verdean Portuguese
7081 Hermina Sami Tchak 2003 French French
7086 The Crocodile Bird Ruth Rendell 1993 British English
7135 To All The Boys I've Loved Before Jenny Han 2014 American English
7137 Bury Your Dead Louise Penny 2010 Canadian English
7139 The Kitchen God's Wife Amy Tan 1991 American English
7142 Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano 2023 American English
7188 Pet Akwaeke Emezi 2019 American English
7211 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton 2018 Australian English
7215 Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope 1858 British English
7215 The Antiquary Sir Walter Scott 1816 Scottish English
7215 The Long View Elizabeth Jane Howard 1956 British English
7584 Verity Colleen Hoover 2018 American English
7587 Commonwealth Ann Patchett 2016 American English
7648 Jalna Mazo de La Roche 1927 Canadian English
7709 The Honourable Schoolboy John le Carré 1977 British English
7714 Shroud For A Nightingale P. D. James 1971 British English
7739 The Ice Princess Camilla Läckberg 2003 Swedish Swedish
7770 The Bad Seed William March 1954 American English
7787 Chatham School Affair Thomas Cook 1996 American English
7801 Für Elise Szabó, Magda 1984 Hungarian Hungarian
7842 Black And Blue Ian Rankin 1997 British English
7844 The Accidental Ali Smith 2005 British English
7852 La Sorcière Marie NDiaye 1996 French French
7882 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Mexican English
7897 The Night Watch Sarah Waters 2006 British English
7931 The Judas Child Carol O'Connell 1998 American English
7936 The Keys To The Street Ruth Rendell 1996 British English
7997 Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz 2016 British English
8025 The Dew Breaker Edwidge Danticat 2004 American English
8061 Santo Oficio De La Memoria Mempo Giardinelli 1991 Argentinian Spanish
8064 Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt 2022 American English
8075 The Blackwater Lightship Colm Toibin 1999 Irish English
8105 The Amber Gods And Other Stories Harriet Prescott Spofford 1863 American English
8142 Secrets Nuruddin Farah 1998 Somali English
8171 Ladrón De Lunas Isaac Montero 1990 Spanish Spanish
8181 Dead Time Eleanor Taylor Bland 1992 American English
8184 One Step Behind Henning Mankell 1997 Swedish Swedish
8189 The Fisherman John Langan 2016 American English
8254 The Kraken King Meljean Brook 2014 American English
8275 Love And Summer William Trevor 2009 Irish English